Soap tray



' April25,195o H. DANTZLER.. 2,505,381

SOAP TRAY Filed March-z, 1946 2 sheets-sheet 1 v in E April 25 1950 y c.H. DANTzLE 2,505,387

soAP TRAY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 2, 1946llllllllllilllflllllllllllll Inventar Escl L HERMAN DA NTz LER- By w66@-Patented Apr. 25,1950

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- i l 2,505,387 y VVVsoAP TRAY CecilHermanDantzler, Chickasaw, Ala.

" Application March 2, 1946, Serial No. 651,522

This invention relates to improvements in soap trays or receptacles.

An object of the invention is to provide improved forms of soap trays orreceptacles formed with fluted base sections and integrally formedfluted shield or back sections, together with drain receptacles formedat the ends of said base sections, and saidvflutes being angled so thatwater on a cake of soap when placed in any one of said receptacles willdrain toward'the end water receiving receptacles. i

`Another object of the invention is to provide an improved integrallyformed soap tray or receptacle including base and shield or backsections being formed to provide inclined flutes for directing waterfrom a cake of soap to the ends of the tray or receptacle into watercollecting compartments or receptacles formed at the opposite ends ofsaid soap tray or receptacle.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved molded orcast integrally formed soap tray or receptacle which will be highlyefIicient in use, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

Other objects will appear vas the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of improved soap tray in which theutes on the back or shield are angled forwardly from the top to thebottom and are connected with the flutes on the bottom of the tray whichare sloped from the front to the rear thereof, while the troughs betweenthe utes on said bottom slope from the back to the front to directdrainage water to the oppositely disposed water collecting receptaclesin the opposite ends of the tray;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the tray being shown partly broken awayand in section;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of tray having uteson the shield sloping forwardly from top to bottom and spaced rearwardlysloping flutes on the base separated from the flutes on the shield toform a transverse trough extending transversely of said bottom Vat theback thereof, and the troughs between the flutes on said bottom beingsloped rearwardly;

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the tray shown in Figure 4, the samebeing partly broken away and shown in section;

Figure 6 is a sectional View taken on the line 1 Claim. (Cl. l5-28)Figure 7 is a second modified form of soap tray having spaced flutes onthe shield merging with forwardly sloping flutes on the back portion ofthe bottom of the tray, and short rearwardly sloping utes on the forwardportion of the bottom of the tray forming a transversely extendingchannel between the said flutes to direct drainage water to thecollecting receptacles formed in the opposite ends of the soap tray; 1'l Figure 8 is a sectional View taken on the line 8-'8 of Figure 7, and

Figure 9 is a top plan view of the soap tray shown in Figures 7 and 8.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings to designate correspondingparts.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided several modificationsof the improved soap tray, all of which are integrally formed by moldingor casting from any desired material, and all of which are provided withbottom sections generally denoted by the reference numeral I andinterconnected backs or shields generally denoted by the referencenumeral 2. Also, each modification is provided with the integrallyformed oppositely disposed water drainage receptacles 3 and 4 formed inthe opposite ends of the bottom I.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate one form of soap tray having spaced flutes5 extending forwardly from their tops to their bottoms and merging withthe spaced flutes 6 which are formed in the bottom I and are inclinedrearwardly from front to back. while the troughs I formed between theiiutes 6 are sloped forwardly to merge with the transverse waterdirecting passage 8 at the front of said bottom section I, which directsthe drainage water from a wet cake of soap when placed on the traytowards the opposite ends of the tray and into said water drainagecollecting receptacles 3 and 4.

In Figures 4, 5 and 6, a slightly modified form of tray is illustrated,and is formed with spaced utes 9 extending forwardly from their tops totheir bottoms, and spaced utes it on the bottom of the tray I whichslope rearwardly to form the transverse water directing passage I I atthe rear of the bottom I between the flutes 9 and I0, while the troughsI2 between flutes I0 direct the drainage water to said passage II andinto the water drainage collecting receptacles 3 and 4 at the oppositeends of said tray.

In Figures 7, 8 and 9 there is shown another slightly modified form ofsoap tray which is formed with a series of spaced perpendicular flutesI3 on the shield or back 2 which merge with the short forwardly slopingflutes I4 formed on the tray bottom I. A series of rearwardly slopingshort flutes I5 are formed on the front portion of the tray bottom I,and provide a centrally disposed transversely extending water drainagepassage I6 for directing the drainage water to the `end water collectingreceptacles 3 and 4. The,I troughs I'I between the flutes I4 and I5 aresub- 'stantiallylevel Y Apertures i*I8 Ywill be 'formed through thev`back or shield 2 of each form of soap tray to receive a screw or otherfastening device for supporting and Y` attaching the soap tray upon avertical surface.

vided a highly eflicient and ornamental formof. :soap tray which will beeasily kept cle Tand f flutes Carried @PY 'thefrefiipeoriie gf said frommember, a'centrally disposedtransversely.extending water drainagepassage formed in said front `member between said forwardly andrearwardly Y `Ainclined flutes, and depressions at the ends of saidwhich will have no extraneous corners in which Whilezthepreferredgembdmnt jQfztheli'QSifnt invention :has :been illustrated landdescribed,

wmabelunaerstoouathat it is not intended @limit.thesco'peofthe.invention;thereto,sisemitm?.Illini?? `ehangesfindetailfof. construction may; be resorted 4.towithoutdeparture fromzthe spirit,of-.the invention.

'IHaving thus .described fmy 'invention Vwhat vI g claim as new anddesire to secure byrrLetters Patent' o'fthe iUnited IfStatesiis A soaptray comprising gamerticallyextending front member forming collectingreceptacles for seceivingiwater rom said drainage passage.

Y HERMAN DANTZLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file yofAthis patent:

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